Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human” is a captivating and thought-provoking…
Book Reviews
Stolen Focus By Johann Hari (Book Review)
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply AgainBy Johann HariCrown, 368 pp., 2022, 9780593138519Paperback | Hardcover…
The Midnight Library By Matt Haig (Book Review)
In her pre-Midnight-Library life, Nora had committed to always break-away from commitments; she backed out from marrying Dan, from a successful pro swimming career, from a pro music career with “The Labyrinths” band, and even from her promise to join her long-time best friend (Izzy) in Byron Bay, Australia.
For Nora Seed this possibility was there. She decided to die, and all of a sudden she found herself testing out lives she had never imagined could be hers.
Zorba the Greek By Nikos Kazantzakis (Book Review)
Writers can never anticipate or predict the impact of their work into the future. Even, the urge to write itself, and why we do it is still a mystery. Nikos Kazantzakis too couldn’t expect that the manuscript he had written while he had been at the edge of starving would be read by millions worldwide, summarized, analyzed and studied in literary courses, and that the phrase “Zorba the Greek” becomes a brand name for nine restaurants worldwide promoting the Mediterranean diet; one in Singapore, one in England, five in the United Stated, and one in Brasov, Romania.
Before Sunrise By Mikhail Zoshchenko (Novel Review)
BEFORE SUNRISEBy Mikhail Zoshchenko, translated by Gary KernArdis, $40, January 1974, 978-0882330617Amazon Mikhail Zoshchenko’s Before Sunrise. This is a novel…
The Bottom Billion By Paul Collier
THE BOTTOM BILLION: WHY THE POOREST COUNTRIES ARE FAILING AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT ITBy Paul CollierOxford University Press,…
Dining in The Dark by Bryan Miller (Book Review)
“Dining in the Dark: A Famed Restaurant Critic’s Struggle with and Triumph Over Depression”By Bryan MillerSkyhorse, September 2021, 9781510760394, Hardcover,…
Marijuana Hater’s Guide to Making a Billion Dollars from Hemp by Matthew Harmon (Book Review)
Marijuana Hater’s Guide to Making a Billion Dollars from Hemp: The Next Disruptive IndustryBy Matthew HarmonFarmbridge California, 181pp, Paperback, $19.99,…
Philip Roth’s The Humbling Book Review
Very often, the very first sentence that I begin with is not the first sentence that I end with. And…